Tag: California
County jobless rate unchanged in July
Despite modest gains in multiple sectors of the regional economy, seasonal drops in others left Riverside County’s unemployment rate unchanged last month, according to...
EVMWD discusses their efforts to resolve drought conditions
Ava SarnowskiIntern WriterGreg Thomas, general manager of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, with Bonnie Woodrome, community affairs supervisor, said their district is working to...
We have water – Let’s use it
California is once again in a serious drought, the second in a decade. It is a recurring problem in the arid West, but even...
Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews
DON THOMPSONAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them...
California man convicted of 1980s rape-murders of two women
A California man prosecutors called a serial killer was convicted Thursday, Aug. 18, of raping and killing two women in the 1980s after investigators...
California advances broadest US law sealing criminal records
Don ThompsonThe Associated PressCalifornia would have what proponents call the nation’s most sweeping law to seal criminal records if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation...
California desert parks work to repair flood damage
Timelines for repair of flash flood damage to roads in California’s vast desert wilderness parks are being extended even as monsoonal rains cause new...
Former SD appellate judge nominated for chief justice of state high court
A former San Diego appellate justice was nominated by Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, Aug. 10, to serve as chief justice of the California Supreme...
Water conservation remains a vital priority following the decline of California’s reservoirs
California released their most recent drought update Monday, Aug. 1, confirming that California has entered “the dry summer months with below-average reservoir storage and...
California court OKs death penalty in ’80s sex slave murders
Don ThompsonThe Associated PressThe California Supreme Court Thursday, July 28, upheld the conviction and death penalty for one of two men implicated in at...